Massive Terror Attack In J&K's Pahalgam: Govt Focus On Timing, Location, Say Sources

Is Pakistan behind the Pahalgam terrorist attack, in which 26 people, all civilians, were killed on Tuesday? This question has been raised considering the timing of the attack. Analysts and political experts are confused over the fact that the heinous attack came a few days after Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir declared that Jammu and Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan. He also defended the two-nation theory floated by Muhammad Ali Jinnah way back in 1940. Asim Munir went to the extent of saying that Hindus and Muslims are two different nations and they can not live together.

Addressing a conclave of Overseas Pakistanis in Islamabad on Wednesday, April 16, Gen Munir reiterated that Pakistan would continue to stand by the Kashmiri people in the “struggle against the Indian occupation.” He said, "It was our jugular vein, it is our jugular vein, we will not forget it."

Rejecting the claim of the Pakistan Army Chief, India's External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal asked "how can anything foreign be in a jugular vein." He said, "This (Jammu and Kashmir) is a Union territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country."